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A line of processors from AMD which use the Zen architecture. Ryzen represents a total redesign from AMD's previous processors with significant improvements in per-core performance, multiprocessing capability, and power efficiency.

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AMD fTPM - What does this firmware option do?

I have ASRock X370 Professional Gaming (AM4) motherbord with Ryzen 7 CPU. It has network firmware upgrade option, but I had to disable fTPM to enable network flash option. What exactly is fTPM option? What enabling it does? I've read it's related to…
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Windows 10: Permanently disable VBS (Virtualization-based security)?

Android Studio requires Hyper-V, but installing Hyper-V also enabled VBS (Virtualization-based Security). The problem is AMD's Ryzen software doesn't run if VBS is enabled. Applying the following script gave me an option to "opt-out" from VBS on…
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How long will a CPU last running 24/7

I have a Ryzen 1700X (got it on launch), running on my main Linux machine, with other components that are on par with it. During the day when the computer is on and I'm not using it, I like to run BOINC client on it, which maximizes all 16 threads…
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Can Hyper-V run on AMD Ryzen processors?

Is it possible to run Hyper-V under Windows 10 on AMD Ryzen processors (specifically a 1600) Windows allowed me to install the Hyper-V service and create guests, but trying to start a guest produces the following error - Virtual machine 'Test'…
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Ryzen 2400: will the GPU part of the APU still be usable for compute if I have a discrete graphics card installed?

I want to use an AMD Ryzen 2400g, but I will be using OpenCL on three discrete AMD Radeon RX580s installed in it. Will the Vega compute units on the APU still be available if I install the Radeons? Or does their installation disable the integrated…
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How to find out the latest available microcode version for an AMD CPU?

While for Intel there is information like microcode-update-guidance.pdf and releasenote, I could not find similar information about AMD CPU microcode updates. Is it available anywhere?
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Why do Ryzen processors (or any other processor) need a driver?

I have been reading today about the new AMD Ryzen processors not being supported under Windows 7 by drivers and so on. How come a processor needs a driver to run, or that it can decide which OS to run or not? I though processors are designed to…
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Access UEFI Settings with Discrete Card Only

I have an MSI B550 PRO-VDH paired with a Ryzen 5900X CPU (no integrated GPU) and a dedicated GPU (RTX 3080). When I tried upgrading to Windows 11, I found out TPM 2.0 is disabled in the UEFI firmware settings; in order to enable the TPM, I rebooted…
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Permanently Disable Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) in Windows 10 Pro

I'm trying to disable Virtualization-based Security (VBS) so I can run Ryzen Master and still use WSL 2. I've found this Microsoft script which disables it fine but it doesn't persist between reboots. Secure boot is off in my BIOS. I've tried using…
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Does AMD Ryzen support ECC?

According to many posts I'm looking for online AMD Ryzen does not support ECC at the CPU level. They advertise their premium Threadripper as support ECC, Quad-Channel DDR4 ECC Memory Support, With the most memory channels you can get on desktop4,…
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Unable to see CPU temps for new AMD Ryzen 7700x

I have the following problem with a new PC. Linux Mint was installed on a PC (data see code block), but I can not display the CPU temperature in any way. ╭─user@machine03153 ~ ╰─$ sudo inxi -Fxz System: Kernel: 5.15.0-56-generic x86_64…
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New AMD system randomly crashes / kernel panics

About a year ago, I acquired a threadripper based desktop computer, the hardware details of which are: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB - Solid state drive ASRock X399M TAICHI (latest firmware) Gigabyte Radeon RX 580 GAMING 4GB AMD Ryzen Threadripper…
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Task Manager shows high power usage while gaming

I turned on my computer today and all of a sudden my power usage was spiking for everything. Not just in games but when i open task manager and watch videos... I have never seen this happen on my computer before, and it only started today after…
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How to test whether ECC is working properly?

According to AMD Ryzen supports ECC memory, but they did not validate it, so we don't know whether this feature works properly. Is there a way to test whether ECC is working properly? Afaik. memtest86+ has some ECC related tests, but is that enough…
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QCNCM865 causes laptop fans to stay active in sleep/standby

I replaced my wifi card from a Mediatek MT7925 to a Qualcomm QCNCM865. The Qualcomm card works great, except that it causes the fans to run while the computer is in sleep/standby mode. I switched back to the mediatek card and it can sleep with the…
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